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ABD Development Co., an Orlando residential developer, said it will start construction this fall on a 500-house subdivision at Sand Lake and Apopka-Vineland roads in southwest Orlando. The property overlooks Big and Little Sand lakes and Lake Serene. Houses mostly will be priced from the low $200,000s to more than $1 million. One neighborhood will feature town houses priced from $200,000 to $300,000. David Kohn, ABD president, said the development is the most ambitious in the company's seven-year history.

A Berks County man is shot dead by his neighbor in a dispute over a dog. An ongoing neighborhood dispute between 64 year old Robert Goda and 49 Bruce Edward Muth, of the of Laureldale Borough, ends in deadly gunfire. Both men lived in the 3400 block of Rosedale Avenue. Pennsylvania State Police say that the two neighbors had been feuding for years over Goda's dog roaming into Muth's yard. Shortly after 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, Muth was awaken from a nap by the barking dog. He reportedly grabbed a .38 caliber walked over to Goda's house and alledgedly shot Goda twice at point blank as he was sitting on his porch. On the way back to his house, Muth came upon 41 year old Irvin Ojea, of Reading, walking with Goda's dog. Ojea had found the dog wandering loose down the street and was returning him to Goda whom he knew. Muth allegedly fired a single shot at Ojea hitting him in the side. Ojea did not live in the neighborhood.

For the past three years, if you wanted to buy a new house in MetroWest, you had to spend at least $200,000 and usually much more. But that has changed with the opening last month of Vista Royale, built by ABD Development Co.Prices range from $149,900 to $224,900. Living areas range from 1,758 to 2,710 square feet. There are three models. Six basic floor plans, offering three, four and five bedrooms, are available.ABD plans to build 70 houses in the subdivision. The minimum lot size is 80 by 110 feet.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The shame is so deep that Hayder Sabbar Abd thinks he cannot move back to his old neighborhood. He would prefer not to stay in Iraq. But now the entire world has seen the pictures, which Abd looked at yet again this week, pointing out the key figures, starting with three American soldiers wearing big smiles for the camera. He gazed down at one picture. In it, a female soldier flashed a "thumbs up" and pointed with her other hand at the genitals of a man wearing nothing but a black hood.

THE STATE Department has approved visa applications for two Palestine Liberation Organization officials to attend the U.N. General Assembly session in New York. A U.S. official said Wednesday the visas were approved for Abd Rabbuh and Suliman Najib, both PLO officials based in Tunis. The authorization was relayed to the U.S. Embassy in Tunis Tuesday night, said officials, speaking on condition they not to be identified.

Tiny shrapnel bits pepper the left side of 2-year-old Alaa' Abd's face, looking at first glance like black freckles. Metal slivers in her left eye have left her with little vision, and each day she sees less. In hopes of restoring her sight, Alaa' and her father arrived Saturday in Orlando, where she will be seen this week by an eye specialist. Alaa' became one of the faces of the Iraq war in May when, her family says, a U.S. tank shell burst inside their home, blinding the child and rending her flesh from head to toe. The explosion killed two of her brothers and three cousins.

LOUGHMAN -- As Providence would have it, sleepy Loughman is about to wake up -- with about 4,800 new neighbors and an 18-hole golf course. ABD Development Co. of Orlando unveiled its community of Providence, at U.S. Highway 17-92 and County Road 54, last week, and said the first phase of more than 1,900 homes would be built during the coming four to five years. The second batch of 2,800-plus homes on the 2,000-acre site will be built about four to five years later. Sleepy doesn't quite describe this unincorporated community, where shopping is done either at a nearby gas station, a country store on the side of the road or several miles away at ChampionsGate, where growth has already arrived.

Tiny shrapnel bits pepper the left side of 2-year-old Alaa' Abd's face, looking at first glance like black freckles. Metal slivers in her left eye have left her with little vision, and each day she sees less. In hopes of restoring her sight, Alaa' and her father arrived Saturday in Orlando, where she will be seen this week by an eye specialist. Alaa' became one of the faces of the Iraq war in May when, her family says, a U.S. tank shell burst inside their home, blinding the child and rending her flesh from head to toe. The explosion killed two of her brothers and three cousins.

ABD Development Co. plans three commercial sites at Providence, its master-planned community of 4,800 homes off U.S. Highway 17-92 and County Road 54 in the Loughman-Davenport area of Polk County. A 20-acre site in the first phase has been designated to accommodate a 136,000-square-foot town center with a grocery-store anchor, along with cafes and stores. Two commercial sites are included in the second phase, with 20 acres and 5 acres respectively. Groundbreaking on the town center is expected to be in 2006.

LOUGHMAN -- As Providence would have it, sleepy Loughman is about to wake up -- with about 4,800 new neighbors and an 18-hole golf course. ABD Development Co. of Orlando unveiled its community of Providence, at U.S. Highway 17-92 and County Road 54, last week, and said the first phase of more than 1,900 homes would be built during the coming four to five years. The second batch of 2,800-plus homes on the 2,000-acre site will be built about four to five years later. Sleepy doesn't quite describe this unincorporated community, where shopping is done either at a nearby gas station, a country store on the side of the road or several miles away at ChampionsGate, where growth has already arrived.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The shame is so deep that Hayder Sabbar Abd thinks he cannot move back to his old neighborhood. He would prefer not to stay in Iraq. But now the entire world has seen the pictures, which Abd looked at yet again this week, pointing out the key figures, starting with three American soldiers wearing big smiles for the camera. He gazed down at one picture. In it, a female soldier flashed a "thumbs up" and pointed with her other hand at the genitals of a man wearing nothing but a black hood.

The newest community development in the hot northeast doesn't have a new name yet, but home builders clearly don't care. They have snapped up almost half of the 1,700 lots in the first phase of a community that eventually will have nearly 5,000 homes. ABD Development of Orlando bought the 2,250 acres previously known as Oak Hill Estates earlier this year for about $31 million. The land is at the intersection of U.S. 17-92 and County Road 54 in the Loughman-Davenport area. Besides ABD, builders participating in the development are Greater Construction Corp.

An Orlando development company plans to add about 5,000 homes to fast-growing northeast Polk County with the purchase of 2,250 acres for nearly $31 million. ABD Development Co. of Orlando bought the area known as Oak Hill Estates at the intersection of U.S. Highway 17-92 and County Road 54 in the Loughman-Davenport area. The proposed development will join three other major projects already under way in the area: Poinciana, Reunion Resort & Club of Orlando and ChampionsGate. The community will include 4,860 houses, single family and town houses, and a golf course.

A Berks County man is shot dead by his neighbor in a dispute over a dog. An ongoing neighborhood dispute between 64 year old Robert Goda and 49 Bruce Edward Muth, of the of Laureldale Borough, ends in deadly gunfire. Both men lived in the 3400 block of Rosedale Avenue. Pennsylvania State Police say that the two neighbors had been feuding for years over Goda's dog roaming into Muth's yard. Shortly after 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, Muth was awaken from a nap by the barking dog. He reportedly grabbed a .38 caliber walked over to Goda's house and alledgedly shot Goda twice at point blank as he was sitting on his porch. On the way back to his house, Muth came upon 41 year old Irvin Ojea, of Reading, walking with Goda's dog. Ojea had found the dog wandering loose down the street and was returning him to Goda whom he knew. Muth allegedly fired a single shot at Ojea hitting him in the side. Ojea did not live in the neighborhood.

ABD Development Co., an Orlando residential developer, said it will start construction this fall on a 500-house subdivision at Sand Lake and Apopka-Vineland roads in southwest Orlando. The property overlooks Big and Little Sand lakes and Lake Serene. Houses mostly will be priced from the low $200,000s to more than $1 million. One neighborhood will feature town houses priced from $200,000 to $300,000. David Kohn, ABD president, said the development is the most ambitious in the company's seven-year history.